She hid her 17 students in a small closet while the shooter was in the lab

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Updated: 9:47 PM MST Dec 9, 2017

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WEBVTT STORY.REPORTER KATIE POTTER WALKEDIN TO THE AZTEC HIGH SCHOOL TOFILL IN AT A COMPUTER LAB.SIX MINUTES INTO A DAY, SHE WASHIDING WITH STUDENTS IN ACLOSET.>> I INITIALLY HEARD POP, POP,POP.REPORTER SHE HAD NO WAY TO LOCKTHE COMPUTER LAB DOOR WHEN SHEFIRST HEARD THE SHOTS.>> I SAID YOU'RE GOING TO GO INTHERE, 17 STUDENTS.AND THEY RAN IN THERE.REPORTER: IT WAS A SMALL GROUPIN THE BACK OF THE COMPUTER LAB.>> NO BIGGER THAN A CLOSET.YOU ARE GOING TO GO ON THE FLOORAND STAY DOWN AND BE QUIET.REPORTER: SHE SAYS THE GUNSHOTSWERE COMING CLOSER AND CLOSER.WHAT IS GOING THROUGH YOUR HEAD?>> SHEER PANIC.REPORTER: ONE STUDENT WASMISSING, FRANCISCO FERNANDEZ,WHO FRIENDS CALLED PACO.HE WAS ONE OF THEM TWO STUDENTSWHO DIED.HE HAD LEFT TO GO TO THEBATHROOM.>> I HAD HIM SIGN OUT.REPORTER: THE SHOOTER CAME INTOTHE COMPUTER LAB.POTTER SAYS THE CLOSET THEY WEREHIDING AND HAD WINDOWS BUT THETEACHER HAD COVERED THEM UP WITHPAPER.>> HAD HE SHOT THE WINDOWS OUT,HE COULD'VE SEEN US.REPORTER: SHE SAYS BULLETS WEREFLYING EVERYWHERE.>> HE TOOK OUT COMPUTERS ANDSHOT THROUGH WALLS.I HAD BULLET HOLES IN MY ROOM.REPORTER: SHE KNEW WHAT TO DO,THANKS TO ATTENDING LOCKDOWNTRAININGS THROUGHOUT HER 25YEARS AS AN EDUCATOR.POTTER SAYS SHE HOPES SCHOOLSACROSS THE COUNT TRAINED BOTHTEACHERS AND THE SUBSTITUTESWHAT TO DO IN ACTIVE SHOOTERSITUATIONS.

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She hid her 17 students in a small closet while the shooter was in the lab